Wretched writing
Subtitle: a compendium of crimes against the English language
By: Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras
Contributors: Petras, Kathryn
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Perigee
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780399159244
Subjects: Terms and phrases; Style; Humor; Literary style; Authorship; Clichés; English language
Description: "Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it's very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad. It's also very funny. A celebration of the worst writing imaginable, Wretched Writing includes inadvertently filthy book titles, ridiculously overwrought passages from novels, bombastic and confusing speeches, moronic oxymorons, hyperactive hyperbole, horribly inappropriate imagery in ostensibly hot sex scenes, mangled cliche muddled metaphors, and unintended double entendres. Sit back and enjoy these deliciously dreadful samples, and try not to cringe too much"--
Notes: Includes index.